Boards of Canada

Sometimes an album is so good and makes its case so flawlessly that it spawns a mini-genre of its own and becomes shorthand for a prescribed set of values - raves Mark Richardson at Pitchfork - about Boards of Canada's Music has the Right to Children. The Scottish duo uses warm, scratchy, artificial sounds to create mesmeric musical effects, which reminded me of the abstract moods of Murcof. Interestingly, BoC have been accused of slipping cryptic and subliminal messages into their music, namely through reversed vocal samples, the mathematical timing of beat structures, song titles, colours, cover art, and track lengths.

Thanks to Megan for the great tip...